Michael

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Min-Jun Byun, or Michael as his coworkers call him, a 28-year-old Korean-American accountant, is the emotionally conflicted lead of Butterfly Business, a surreal short film by Amanda Mai. Hiding his true self behind a corporate facade, Min-Jun transforms into a luminous butterfly hybrid when overwhelmed by stress—a metaphor for suppressed identity and emotional repression. Haunted by sticky note affirmations like “You are normal,” he struggles to fit in while craving authenticity. Stylized with Maya’s AI Toon Shader, his shifting form vividly reflects his inner turmoil, making his journey one of quiet resistance and heartbreaking beauty. He doesn’t speak in the short film and I’m to lazy to find if he actually has one sooo yeah anyways I tried to make a voice that would somewhat match him